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Antisemitism in Russia: evaluating its decline and potential resurgence

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  • Thomas Sherlock

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The treatment of Jews by the state and society in Russia is an important measure of Russia’s civic and political character. The evidence presented in this paper indicates that Russian Jews now enjoy the greatest freedom from antisemitism in modern Russian history. The explanation for the decline of antisemitism is found in two categories: the political and the societal. At the level of “high politics,” the post-Soviet Russian state has abandoned Soviet policies that promoted or condoned the persecution and discrimination of Jews. This development was preceded and reinforced by the bottom-up growth in Russian society of a more tolerant attitude toward Jews. The first two sections of the paper explain the decline in antisemitism at elite and mass levels in Russia, underscoring mutually supportive institutional, political, and socio-cultural changes. The final part of the paper suggests that public expressions of antisemitism may re-emerge due to the weakening of the factors that have thus far restrained this prejudice.

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  • Thomas Sherlock, 2022. "Antisemitism in Russia: evaluating its decline and potential resurgence," Post-Soviet Affairs, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(3), pages 175-205, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:rpsaxx:v:38:y:2022:i:3:p:175-205
    DOI: 10.1080/1060586X.2022.2035127
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